par¹ Definition
par (pär)
noun
- the established or recognized value of the money of one country in terms of the money of another country, based on a metal accepted as the common standard of value
- an equal or common status, standing, footing, level, etc.: usually in the phrase on a par (with)
- the average or normal state, condition, degree, etc. work that is above par
- Commerce the nominal, or face, value of stocks, bonds, etc.
- Golf the number of strokes established as a skillful score for any given hole or for a whole course
Etymology: L, an equal, orig. adj.: see part
adjective
- of or at par
- average; normal
transitive verb parred, par′·ring
Golf to score par on (a given hole or course)
par¹ Idioms
par for the course
that which is normal, usual, or to be expected under the circumstances
par² Definition
par
- paragraph
- parallel
- parenthesis
- parish
par Synonyms
par
n.
above par
below par
par Finance Definition
par Usage Examples
Converse of object
- save: He pitched out and eventually saved par with about a 4-foot putt.
- shoot: To shoot 5-under par around a Championship golf course under pressure conditions goes to show how sharp his game really is.
Preposition: on
hole: I must have suffered a blood rush here after making par on the hole before.
Adjective modifier
- challenging: The 195 yard, 16th hole, is a challenging par 3 requiring an accurate drive through large trees to a well protected green.
- variable: The sample in the variable par the child was can take to.
- straight: There are few hazards on this straight par four but it is long.
Modifies a noun
- excellence: Alan Turing par excellence always did his own thing.
- exemple: La Constitution traite d'autres questions que la paix ( des questions sociales et économiques, par exemple ).
- putt: On the second playoff hole, the 17th, Doyle's 3-foot par putt did a 360 around the cup before falling.
- three: A particular highlight, aside from the spectacular views, are the tricky par threes where a par feels like a birdie.
- mhdx: Worried about how bills passed during and par mhdx and cost are.
- compacta: The neurodegeneration, or neuronal cell loss, is specific to a region of the brainstem known as the substantia nigra pars compacta.
Modifying Another Word
below: In such a situation, your performance is very likely to be below par.
Noun used with modifier
- emises: Josh roaming around grown to well new chip in radiations emises par.
- second-order: Did not distinguish analysis we focus second-order interactions par.
- nigra: The neurodegeneration, or neuronal cell loss, is specific to a region of the brainstem known as the substantia nigra pars compacta.
- substantia: The neurodegeneration, or neuronal cell loss, is specific to a region of the brainstem known as the substantia nigra pars compacta.
- radiation: Josh roaming around grown to well new chip in radiations emises par.
- sub: I personally am incredibly upset by this folly knowing there are only 4 PRTs in Iraq and they are all performing sub par.
Preposition: for
course: Hanging out with the super rich is of course par for the course for a New Labor politician.
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